Pan and scoring rules - Ubuntu

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option in Pan's scoring rules. Am I supposed to choose if the group
*doesn't* contain "alt.sample.group" and then create another rule for just
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Pan and scoring rules

If I want to ignore an author across all usenet groups I don't see such an
option in Pan's scoring rules. Am I supposed to choose if the group
*doesn't* contain "alt.sample.group" and then create another rule for just
that group? Why isn't there a scoring rule to apply to all usenet groups?
There are some spammers I want to ignore in all groups and not just the
one I am reading at the time. I don't want to have to create a new scoring
rule for each group I read. I must be missing something because all other
news readers with kill filters gives the option to apply it to all groups
and not just the group you are reading at the time.

Re: Pan and scoring rules

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:25:37 +0000, Juarez wrote:
> If I want to ignore an author across all usenet groups I don't see such an
> option in Pan's scoring rules. Am I supposed to choose if the group
> *doesn't* contain "alt.sample.group" and then create another rule for just
> that group? Why isn't there a scoring rule to apply to all usenet groups?
> There are some spammers I want to ignore in all groups and not just the
> one I am reading at the time. I don't want to have to create a new scoring
> rule for each group I read. I must be missing something because all other
> news readers with kill filters gives the option to apply it to all groups
> and not just the group you are reading at the time.

Articles > Create Score gives you a number of options with regard to
newsgroup at the top of the pane in old Pan-- it doesn't say specifically
"all", but I imagine "contains" or "regex" and either an asterisk in the
box or an empty box would do it (at worst, you could select "does not
contain" and enter "kooks" in the box, which might add some extra
satisfaction to it all).

Re: Pan and scoring rules

* Juarez wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:
> If I want to ignore an author across all usenet groups I don't see such an
> option in Pan's scoring rules. Am I supposed to choose if the group
> *doesn't* contain "alt.sample.group" and then create another rule for just
> that group? Why isn't there a scoring rule to apply to all usenet groups?
> There are some spammers I want to ignore in all groups and not just the
> one I am reading at the time. I don't want to have to create a new scoring
> rule for each group I read. I must be missing something because all other
> news readers with kill filters gives the option to apply it to all groups
> and not just the group you are reading at the time.

In the Score file which is typically in ~/News/Score

add the following to the top of the file:
[*]
Score: =-9999
From: name.of.offender

Re: Pan and scoring rules

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:54:05 -0400, mimus wrote:

> Articles > Create Score gives you a number of options with regard to
> newsgroup at the top of the pane in old Pan-- it doesn't say specifically
> "all", but I imagine "contains" or "regex" and either an asterisk in the
> box or an empty box would do it (at worst, you could select "does not
> contain" and enter "kooks" in the box, which might add some extra
> satisfaction to it all).
>
I tried the asterisk and that seems to work, thanks.